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Table Of Contents
- VMware vSphere Replication Administration
- Contents
- vSphere Replication Administration
- Updated Information
- Overview of VMware vSphere Replication
- vSphere Replication Roles and Permissions
- vSphere Replication System Requirements
- Installing vSphere Replication
- Deploying Additional vSphere Replication Servers
- Upgrading vSphere Replication
- Reconfigure the vSphere Replication Appliance
- Reconfigure General vSphere Replication Settings
- Change the SSL Certificate of the vSphere Replication Appliance
- Change the Password of the vSphere Replication Appliance
- Change Keystore and Truststore Passwords of the vSphere Replication Appliance
- Configure vSphere Replication Network Settings
- Configure vSphere Replication System Settings
- Reconfigure vSphere Replication to Use an External Database
- Use the Embedded vSphere Replication Database
- Replicating Virtual Machines
- How the Recovery Point Objective Affects Replication Scheduling
- Replicating a Virtual Machine and Enabling Multiple Point in Time Instances
- Using vSphere Replication with Virtual SAN Storage
- Replicating Virtual Machines Using Replication Seeds
- Replicating a Virtual Machine in a Single vCenter Server Instance
- Configure Replication for a Single Virtual Machine
- Configure Replication for Multiple Virtual Machines
- Move a Virtual Machine to a New vSphere Replication Server
- Stop Replicating a Virtual Machine
- Reconfiguring Replications
- Performing a Recovery with vSphere Replication
- Monitoring and Managing Replications in vSphere Replication
- Troubleshooting vSphere Replication
- vSphere Replication Limitations
- Access the vSphere Replication Logs
- vSphere Replication Events and Alarms
- Solutions for Common vSphere Replication Problems
- Error at vService Bindings When Deploying the vSphere Replication Appliance
- OVF Package is Invalid and Cannot be Deployed
- Connection Errors Between vSphere Replication and SQL Server Cannot be Resolved
- Application Quiescing Changes to File System Quiescing During vMotion to an Older Host
- Configuring Replication Fails for Virtual Machines with Two Disks on Different Datastores
- vSphere Replication Service Fails with Unresolved Host Error
- Scalability Problems when Replicating Many Virtual Machines with a Short RPO to a Shared VMFS Datastore on ESXi Server 5.0
- vSphere Replication Sites Appear in the Disconnected State
- Error Recovering Virtual Machine in a Single vCenter Server Instance
- vSphere Replication RPO Violations
- vSphere Replication Appliance Extension Cannot Be Deleted
- vSphere Replication Does Not Start After Moving the Host
- Unexpected vSphere Replication Failure Results in a Generic Error
- Increase the Memory of the vSphere Replication Server for Large Deployments
- Reconnecting Sites Fails If One Of the vCenter Servers Has Changed Its IP Address
- Uploading a Valid Certificate to vSphere Replication Results in a Warning
- vSphere Replication Server Registration Takes Several Minutes
- Generating Support Bundles Disrupts vSphere Replication Recovery
- vSphere Replication Operations Take a Long Time to Complete
- vSphere Replication Does Not Display Incoming Replications When the Source Site is Inaccessible
- vSphere Replication is Inaccessible After Changing vCenter Server Certificate
- vSphere Replication Cannot Establish a Connection to the Hosts
- Anti-virus Agent in Firewall Terminates Virtual Machine Replication
- Initial Full Synchronization of Virtual Machine Files to VMware Virtual SAN Storage Is Slow
- vSphere Web Client 5.1.x Non-Functioning Option Binds vSphere Replication Traffic to a Specific vmknic
- Configuring Replication Fails After Rebuilding VRMS
- vSphere Replication Operations Run Slowly as the Number of Replications Increases
Installing vSphere Replication 4
vSphere Replication uses the replication technologies included in ESXi with the assistance of virtual
appliances to replicate virtual machines between source and target sites.
To use vSphere Replication, you must deploy the vSphere Replication appliance on an ESXi host using
the vSphere Web Client.
The vSphere Replication appliance registers with the corresponding vCenter Server instance. For
example, on the source site, the vSphere Replication appliance registers with the vCenter Server
instance on the source site. Only one vSphere Replication appliance is allowed per vCenter Server.
The vSphere Replication appliance contains a vSphere Replication server that manages the replication
process. To meet the load balancing needs of your environment, you might need to deploy additional
vSphere Replication servers at each site. Additional vSphere Replication servers that you deploy are
themselves virtual appliances. You must register any additional vSphere Replication servers with the
vSphere Replication appliance on the corresponding site.
The vSphere Replication appliance provides a virtual appliance management interface (VAMI). You can
use this interface to reconfigure the vSphere Replication database, network settings, public-key
certificates, and passwords for the appliances.
This section includes the following topics:
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Deploy the vSphere Replication Virtual Appliance
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Configure vSphere Replication Connections
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Uninstall vSphere Replication
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Unregister vSphere Replication from vCenter Server if the Appliance Was Deleted
Deploy the vSphere Replication Virtual Appliance
vSphere Replication is distributed as an OVF virtual appliance.
You deploy the vSphere Replication appliance by using the standard vSphere OVF deployment wizard.
Prerequisites
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Verify that you have vSphere and vSphere Web Client installations for the source and target sites.
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Download the vSphere Replication package to a local directory or obtain its online URL.
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